create high quality pdf files

[mikegpitt]

I randomly ran across these options of google, but I thought other would find some use.

When creating a document with complex graphics in OpenOffice, their builtin "export to pdf" function often distorts the images. To create a high quality pdf do this:

1. In OpenOffice File->Print->Print to file, then save the .ps file.
2. Next use the ps2pdf command with extra options.
(If you use the default ps2pdf the image quality is better than OpenOffice's "export to pdf", but will still have distortion. The below options improve quality greatly.)

[andyjeffries]

Cool tip, thanks for this.

(duly bookmarked as I'll never remember when I come accross the quality problem).

Cheers,


AJ
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[karan]

great tip, thank you
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[NewBlackDak]

You can also use ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14 if you want a certain pdf version
I suggest looking at some ghostscript documentation, because there all kinds of things you can do when making the pdf.
Some very useful things

Setting the page size
-sPAPERSIZE=<papersize> - standard paper sizes
These have to be set in points
-g<Width>x<Height>
-dDEVICEWIDTH=<Width> -dDEVICE-HEIGHT=<Height>

-dFIXEDMEDIA - Only use if you've specified on of the above, but it causes pages to rotate/scale to fit that page definition

Resolution - Needed if you want something you can print instead of view on screen
-r<resolution>
-r<Xresolution>x<Yresolution>
-dDEVICEXRESOLUTION=number1 -dDEVICEYRESOLUTION=number2

Output colorspace
-dProcessColorModel=device_color_space - device_color_space may be /DeviceGray, /DeviceRGB, or /DeviceCMYK; the default value is /DeviceRGB. It converts pretty well back and forth.
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